https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Local has launched a new travel-focussed Facebook group and we’d love you to share your insights. You’ll also be in with a chance to win flight vouchers. https://www.thelocal.it/20181218/join-the-locals-new-travel-group-on-facebook Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:07:24 +0100 join-the-locals-new-travel-group-on-facebook A bid by the Lombardy region to limit the construction of new mosques has been rejected by Italy’s top court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:28:46 +0100 italys-top-court-rejects-lombardys-anti-mosque-bid The Catholic Church's attempts to reach out to the Roma and Sinti communities have been widely praised. –But far from ending years of prejudice, their efforts merely show how deep-rooted certain prejudices are, Romani activist Jud Nirenberg argues. https://www.thelocal.it/20151029/how-the-church-reinforces-roma-and-sinti-stereotypes Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:00:36 +0100 how-the-church-reinforces-roma-and-sinti-stereotypes Forced evictions of ethnic Roma in the Italian capital have more than tripled since Pope Francis announced a special "year of mercy" which sent the city on a clean-up spree, campaigners said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/roma-evictions-triple-in-italian-capital Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:26:04 +0200 roma-evictions-triple-in-italian-capital Since the 1970s, wealthy Italians have brought Filipino workers into their homes to help with domestic chores. So much so, Italy now has one of the largest Filipino communities in the world. But the children of Filipino immigrants complicate matters, according to an investigation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150819/italys-neglected-immigrant-children Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:10:53 +0200 italys-neglected-immigrant-children Pope Francis will visit one of Italy's largest Chinese communities in November, at a time when the Vatican is engaged in negotiations to normalize relations with Beijing, the Holy See said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/pope-to-visit-chinese-community-in-florence Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:02:08 +0100 pope-to-visit-chinese-community-in-florence Silvio Berlusconi, the disgraced former Italian prime minister, will not have to serve the final 45 days of a one-year community service order he received for tax fraud, a judge ruled on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/berlusconi-wins-early-release-from-community-service Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:59:00 +0100 berlusconi-wins-early-release-from-community-service Italian diplomats were forced to intervene on Wednesday morning after an Italian TV crew and the leader of Rome’s Jewish community, Riccardo Pacifici, became trapped in Auschwitz overnight after filming at the former concentration camp. https://www.thelocal.it/20150128/italian-tv-crew-trapped-in-auschwitz-overnight Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:34:00 +0100 italian-tv-crew-trapped-in-auschwitz-overnight Jews in Italy have seen walls smeared with swastikas and had pig's heads delivered to their doors in recent months, but the head of the Jewish Community, Riccardo Pacifici, insists Italy remains a much better place to be Jewish than many other European countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20140326/italy-is-an-island-of-happiness-for-jews Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:00 +0100 italy-is-an-island-of-happiness-for-jews Roma people fled their camp on the outskirts of Naples on Wednesday morning after clashing with local residents over an alleged attempted attack on a teenage girl. https://www.thelocal.it/20140312/naples-residents-hurl-fireworks-at-roma-camp Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:36:00 +0100 naples-residents-hurl-fireworks-at-roma-camp Riccardo Pacifici, who lost his grandparents at the Auschwitz concentration camp, presides over Rome’s Jewish Community. The Local finds out why he was in the news this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20140307/the-jewish-group-chief-who-lost-family-at-auschwitz Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:55:00 +0100 the-jewish-group-chief-who-lost-family-at-auschwitz A box containing a pig’s head was sent to the home of Riccardo Pacifici, the president of the Rome Jewish Community, days after similar packages were sent to the city’s synagogue and museum. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/pigs-head-sent-to-home-of-jewish-group-chief Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:10:00 +0100 pigs-head-sent-to-home-of-jewish-group-chief